Kevin Naiqama

Naiqama playing for the Knights in 2011
Personal information
Nickname	Lips, Kev, Kevvy[1]
Born	(1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 23) St. George, New South Wales, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Fullback, Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2010–	Newcastle Knights	2	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009	Fiji	2	0	0	0	0
Source: RLP

Kevin Naiqama (born 4 February 1989) is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League.^[2] He plays at wing, fullback and centre and gained selection for the Fiji national team in 2009. Kevin is the younger brother of fellow Knights player Wes Naiqama.^[1]

Playing career[link]

Born in St. George, New South Wales, Naiqama played his junior football for the Arncliffe Scots. He later played for the Newcastle Knights Toyota Cup side in 2008, 2009 and the Central Coast Centurions in 2010 and 2011. In Round 26 2010, Naiqama made his NRL debut against the Melbourne Storm.^[1]

Representative career[link]

Naiqama was named in the Fiji squad for the Rugby League Pacific Cup. Fiji lost one out of two matches and finished third after beating Tonga for third spot. Naiqama was also selected in the NSW residents side to face the QLD residents at ANZ Stadium just before game III of the 2010 state of Origin.

References[link]

External links[link]

• 2012 Newcastle Knights Profile

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Josh Mansour (born 17 June 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League.

His positions of choice are at Fullback, Wing or Centre, however due to his versatility can also play in the Second Row.

Playing career[link]

Mansour was nominated in 2010 for Winger of the Year in the Toyota Cup and was chosen as the NYC Player of the Year at the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He graduated to South Sydney's full time training squad in 2011 but did not play in a match.

Mansour made his first grade debut for the Penrith Panthers against the Melbourne Storm in round 9 2012.

Representative career[link]

Mansour played Junior Kangaroos in 2010 against the Junior Kiwis and played for Lebanon in the 2009 European Cup.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Josh Mansour South Sydney Rabbtiohs profile

Adam Cuthbertson

Cuthbertson playing for the Sea Eagles in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1985-02-24) 24 February 1985 (age 27) Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–09	Manly-Warringah	53	8	0	0	32
2010	Cronulla-Sutherland	12	0	0	0	0
2011	St. George Illawarra	19	2	0	0	8
2012–	Newcastle Knights	9	0	0	0	0
	Total	93	10	0	0	40
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011	City Origin	1	0	0	0	0
As of 21 September 2011 - 10.00am
Source: RLP & Yesterday's Hero

Adam Cuthbertson, born 24 February 1985 is an Australian rugby league player, currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. His position is usually in the forwards, able to play in both the front-row and second-row, he can also play lock-forward.

Cuthbertson and Heath L'Estrange post game for Manly

Cuthbertson at the celebration of the winning of the 2008 NRL Grand Final

Playing career[link]

Cuthbertson was a Manly junior, playing for the Avalon Bulldogs along with the Newport Breakers Rugby Union side. He had been a revelation with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2007, scoring 2 tries in 9 games.^[1]

Phil Gould recognised Cuthbertson as a talented youngster whilst commentating on Channel 9. He gained the Man of the Match award for his performance against the Wests Tigers.^[2] Phil Gould likened the big front-rower's image to that of Manly legend Graham Eadie.

In 2007, Cuthbertson re-signed for three years, tying him to the Brookvale club until 2010.^[3]

Cuthbertson credited finding Christianity a year ago from 2007 as the catalyst for his rise from obscurity.^[4]

He played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat to the Melbourne Storm.^[5]

In round 12, 2008, Cuthbertson was sent off in the Sea Eagles' match against the Raiders for his high shot on Troy Thompson. Despite this, Manly won the game 31–18. He was suspended for one week for a careless high tackle.^[6][7]

He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.^[8] However, he did not play in the match after withdrawing with injury.^[9]

After 2009, Cuthbertson signed a deal with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks for 2010, however he only played 12 games, with the rest played in the NSW Cup. He wasn't retained.

In 2010 the St. George Illawarra Dragons signed Cuthbertson on a 1-year contract to revive his career under supercoach Wayne Bennett. He played 19 games, scoring 2 tries. Hitting career best form, Cuthbertson followed Bennett to the Newcastle Knights and signed a 3-year deal starting with them in 2012, signing the contract on the 26th of October, 2011.^[10]

References[link]

External links[link]

• 2012 Newcastle Knights profile

Wes Naiqama

Naiqama playing for Fiji in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Waisele Naiqama
Nickname	No Dramas, Bula, Coconut[1]
Born	(1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 29) Sutherland, Sydney, Australia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Fullback, Wing, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005–07	St. George Illawarra	38	16	48	0	160
2008–	Newcastle Knights	74	14	56	0	168
	Total	112	30	104	0	328
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–08	Fiji	4	1	14	0	32
Source: RLP

Wes Naiqama (born 19 October 1982 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League competition. Also the incumbent Fiji national team captain,^[2] his usual position is in the centres. His younger brother Kevin Naiqama also plays for the Newcastle Knights and plays international rugby league for Fiji.^[3]

Biography[link]

As a child, Wes Naiqama attended James Cook Boys Technology High School. His junior rugby league club was the Arncliffe Scots. In 2002 he scored 38 points (5 tries and 9 goals) in a Jersey Flegg game for St George Illawarra against North Sydney.

Professional playing career[link]

Naiqama began his NRL career in 2005 with the St. George Illawarra Dragons before moving to the Newcastle Knights in 2008 where he regularly starts in the centres or at fullback, but has been used as a bench utility player as well. He is also the replacement goal kicker after Kurt Gidley.

In December, 2006, Naiqama was arrested but not charged over an alleged assault in Sydney's King Cross.^[4]

On 28 February 2007, Wes Naiqama was convicted by a Sydney court for driving a car while his license was disqualified. The court sentenced Naiqama to serve a maximum of eight months periodic detention, with a non-parole period of four months. This was the fourth time Naiqama had been convicted of such an offence.^[5][6]

He was named in the Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[7]

In Round 16 of the 2011 NRL Premiership, Naiqama got the chance to captain the Newcastle Knights after captain Kurt Gidley and vice-captain Jarrod Mullen were both injured at the time.

On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London and Naiqama was named Fiji's player of the year.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• 2012 Newcastle Knights profile

Tim Moltzen

Personal information
Full name	Tim Paul Moltzen
Nickname	Moltz
Born	(1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 23) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Five-eighth, Halfback, Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–	Wests Tigers	74	31	2	0	128
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011	Country Origin	1	0	0	0	0
As of 27 May 2012
Source: League Central RLP

Tim Moltzen (born 15 September 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He plays at fullback or halfback.

Wests Tigers[link]

Moltzen played junior football with the Terrigal Sharks. He has a metal plate at the back of his skull from an injury that occurred in junior football.^[1]

Moltzen made his first grade debut in the first game of the 2008 season. Scoring a try in each of his first two games, he made ten appearances for the season, and was named the club's rookie of the year.^[2]

In November 2009, Moltzen signed a contract extension to remain with the Tigers until the end of the 2012 season. At the time, Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys described Moltzen as, "a crucial member in Wests Tigers going forward." ^[3]

Playing against the Cowboys in round 5 of the 2010 season, Moltzen ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He was ruled out for the rest of the year and required a knee reconstruction.^[4]

Before the start of the 2011 season, Ricky Stuart named Moltzen in a "Blues in Waiting" squad, for potential future NSW State of Origin players. He was described as one of the players, "on the cusp of selection."^[5]

Moltzen made a slow recovery from injury, starting from the bench in first games of the 2011 season, saying it took time to get back, "into the old ways, getting tackled and not worried about getting up and, you know, my leg's fallen off."^[6] By round 8 he had recovered enough to make his representative debut for Country Origin, but was struggling to refind his form from before the injury.^[7] By the end of the season, Moltzen's performances were being praised, and he had replaced Wade McKinnon as starting fullback.^[8] He played in every game of the 2011 season.

2011 Contract Controversy[link]

Newspapers were reporting that Moltzen had been given permission to negotiate with other clubs partway through 2011. Moltzen denied he wished to leave the Wests Tigers in May, saying, ""I'm definitely committed to the Tigers and I love the Tigers and all the boys at the club so I'm not looking to go anywhere."^[9]

The St George Illawarra Dragons announced the signing of Moltzen to a 3 year contract midway through the 2011 season, commencing from 2012. Controversially, Wests Tigers CEO Stephen Humphreys claimed the club had not yet officially released Moltzen from the last year of his contract, labelling the actions, "arrogant and disrespectful."^[10]

On October 7, 2011, it was reported that Moltzen did not want to honour his contract with the Dragons, with the Wests Tigers club stating that Moltzen had never been formally released from his contact. Humphreys said of the contract dispute, ""Tim is contracted to us for 2012. We have the only contract of his that is registered by the NRL."^[11] Three days later, Wests Tigers appeared to do a backflip with CEO Humphreys stating "The way that it is likely to play out is that he will be going to the Dragons, We will have a conversation with them in the next few days about it, but we have been working on the assumption that he won't be here next season."^[12] Another two days on, St George Dragons referred the matter to the NRL after Wests Tigers announced Moltzen would be staying at the club."^[13]

On November 3 it was announced that St.George Illawarra would not be seeking registration of Moltzen's contract due to question marks over his desire to play at the club.

Career highlights[link]

• First Grade Debut: 2008 - Round 1, Wests Tigers vs St George Illawarra Dragons, 16 March, scoring one try^[14]
• Wests Tigers 2008 NRL Rookie Of The Year.^[15]

Footnotes[link]

External links[link]

• Tim Moltzen at Wests Tigers
• Tim Moltzen at Terrigal Sharks
• Tim Moltzen at the Rugby League Project

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